NCCF Commands › Supported NCCF Commands

Supported NCCF Commands

The following NCCF commands and parameters are supported.

Note: The online help in the NCCF-like facility contains more information about the supported NCCF commands and parameters.

• ACT

  Activates the VTAM resource.

  Parameters: resname, COMP, ALL, ONLY, SYNTAX, U, passthru

• AFTER

  Allows the operator to schedule a command or command procedure to run after a specified period of time.

  Parameters: time, ROUTE, ID, TIMEFMSG, PPT, commandtex

• ALLOCATE

  Dynamically allocates a new or existing data set from the region.

  Parameters: BLKSIZE, CATALOG, COPIES, CYLINDERS, DATACLAS, DATASET, DELETE, DEST, DIR, DSORG, FILE, HOLD, KEEP, LIKE, LRECL, MGMTCLAS, MOD, NEW, NOHOLD, OLD, RECFM, RELEASE, SHR, SPACE, STORCLAS, SYSOUT, TRACKS, UCS, UNIT, VOLUME, WRITER

• AT

  Schedules a command or command procedure to be run at a specific time.

  Parameters: time, ROUTE, ID, TIMEFMSG, PPT, commandtext

• BFRUSE

  Performs the normal fully expanded Display VTAM Buffer VTAM command, displaying information about VTAM buffer use.

  Parameters: Standard VTAM parameters.

• CALC

  Performs calculator functions using the REXX interpreter. It supports both decimal and hexadecimal calculations. The results are displayed in both decimal and hexadecimal (when available).

• CCDEF

  Reads and updates the Tivoli NetView Emulation CCDEF table.

  Parameters: QUERY, MEMBER, DELETE

• CLEAR

  Clears the NCCF screen.

• CLOSE

  Ends all activity.

  Parameters: NORMAL, STOP, IMMED, DUMP

• CMD

  Queues a command for processing.

  Parameters: commandtext

• DATE

  Displays the current date and time.

• DELAY

  Waits for the specified period before sending the command or command procedure to the system.

  Parameters: time, commandtext

• DISPFK

  Displays current values assigned to PFKs as defined for the NCCF emulation. The display information is in line mode rather than full screen mode.

• DISPLAY

  Performs the standard Display VTAM command.

  Parameters: Standard VTAM parameters.

• EVERY

  Schedules a command or command procedure to be processed repeatedly at a timed interval.

  Parameters: time, ROUTE, ID, TIMEFMSG, PPT, commandtext

• EXCMD

  Enables you to queue a command to another user. If the user is not logged on, then the command fails.

  Parameters: opid, commandtext

• FREE

  Dynamically deallocates a data set from the region.

  Parameters: FILE, DELETE, KEEP

• GLOBALV

  Enables you to define, save, and retrieve common or task global variables.

  Parameters: DEFC, DEFT, PUTC, PUTT, GETC, GETT, variable_name_list

• GO

  Resumes running a command procedure that is in PAUSE status or WAIT status. You can use the GO command to give values to a command procedure that is in PAUSE status.

  Parameters: ID

• HELP

  Provides online help for the NCCF-like emulation.

  Parameters: null, REXX, REXX itemname, NCCF, NCCF commandname, PIPE, PIPE pipename, itemname, message_id

• INACT

  Inactivates the VTAM resource.

  Parameters: resname, IMMED, FORCE, UNCOND, REACT, GIVEBACK, passthru

• INACTF

  Forces the VTAM resource to become inactive.

  Parameters: resname, passthru

• INPUT

  Opens a full-screen window to facilitate the creation and editing of the multiline command entry buffer.

  Parameters: number_of_lines

• LIST

  Displays information related to the specified parameter.

  Parameters: TIMER=ALL OP=ALL, TIMER=tid OP=ALL, TIMER=ALL, STATUS=OPS, CLIST=membername, DSILOG

• LISTA

  Displays the data set status, disposition, ddnames, and data set names of the files currently allocated to the region. It can also indicate which data sets contain a specific member.

  Parameters: ddname, membername

• LOGOFF

  Terminates the NCCF-like session.

• MODIFY

  Performs the standard Modify VTAM command.

  Parameters: Standard VTAM parameters.

• MSG

  Sends specified text to specified target.

  Parameters: ALL, LOG, operid, SYSOP

• MVS

  Enables you to enter a z/OS system operator command.

  Parameters: commandtext

• NETVASIS

  Provides a way to enter a command in mixed case.

  Parameters: commandtext

• NM

  Enables you to enter a CA NetMaster command.

  Parameters: commandtext

• PIPE

  Provides most pipe stages supported in Tivoli NetView. These stages are intended to aid in the migration from NetView.

  Options: STAGESEP, ESC, END, NAME, DEBUG 1

• PURGE

  Purges all timers for the user running the command or a specified timer.

  Parameters: TIMER=ALL, TIMER=tid

• RECYCLE

  Inactivates and then reactivates the VTAM resource.

  Parameters: resname

• RMTCMD

  Allows you to execute NCCF commands on a remote system.

  Parameters: SEND LU=linkname, LU=linkname, commandtext

• SUBMIT

  Submits a batch job, either from a data set (SEQ or PDS), or if data set omitted, from the data set allocated to the DSIPARM DD.

  Parameters: datasetname, datasetname (membername), dsiparm membername

• TSOUSER

  Displays the status of the TSO user ID.

  Parameters: id

• VARY

  Performs the standard Vary VTAM command.

  Parameters: Standard VTAM parameters.